Thursday, January 28, 2010

You do what ya gotta do


Is it wrong to heavily bribe your three-year-old to perform in a dance recital? Well... if it's wrong, then I don't wanna be right.

Be prepared for some serious bragging on this post.

Here's to our little star who surprised us all and not only appeared on stage, but actually danced!  I was completely bursting with pride.  Little Kara who won't speak a word to adult neighbors she sees on a daily basis, completely ignores anyone who says hello, and hung on my leg EVERY SINGLE WEEK for over a year to go to her favorite nursery class that she talked about nonstop the very same morning.



At the dress rehearal the night before, she barely moved a muscle.

It's funny what the promise of a big huge icecream will motivate someone to do. And big icecream she got.

And I may have gotten a hold of a video of her routine the night before the recital and worked really hard on it with her the day of, but I'm pretty sure that had nothing to do with it.

I really wish we were tech savvy enough to post a video, but we'll have to live with the next best thing.  And I realize that posting a video can be done by a six-year-old and has nothing to do with savviness these days, but oh well. We'll just wait for Colby to teach us.





Cutest little dancer EVER!!




Our first sponge curler experience.  And...I like them. You might see Kara with really tightly curled hair for the next few weeks until I get bored of that and move on to a new hobby.

Way to go Kara! We are so proud of how brave you were and we think you're the cutest little girl that ever lived.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Can't get enough

of this little dude



He's been cracking us up with this goofy smile he does with his nose all scrunched up, eyes squinted, and his head thrown back, all while  audibly breathing through his nose. And when we laugh at him, he does it some more. It's especially cute with his little tooth peeking through that sprouted a few weeks ago.



It kills me every time.

He is at a really fun age right now. His big personality is ever-present and appears to have the makings to be quite the goof ball.  He has become the world's fastest crawler. It's quite a sight seeing this tiny little 9-month-old (15 pounds 11 ounces to exact) cruising his way around the house.

He's not a big fan of trying new foods. No matter what I give him to try, he pulls a sour face, gags, spits it out and even throws up sometimes.  The good news is, if I give it to him several times, he finally comes around and decides it's not so bad.

This last week, he's been one miserable little guy since he's had severe burns on his bottom due to a reaction to Amoxicillin.  So we're just happy he's smiling.




Date Day

Nothing better than a date with my favorite little girl all dressed up in her princess best.
We went to see Princess and the Frog.  Well, we saw some of it since both of us fell asleep.
Not that it wasn't a good movie- we were just sleepy.
Even missing about 85% of the movie, Kara declared it good.



Christmas


I know it's a little late, but here are a few pics from Christmas


Christmas Eve with their new Christmas Jammies




Sleeping together out in the hall. They act like this is such a special treat...as if they don't do it everynight anyway.  I guess it's special since we actually give them permission.



Christmas Morning




Colbs with his scooter from Santa




Kar with her dress-ups from Santa




Ty with his bath toys from Santa



Our Christmas Morning Brunch spread




Colby and Kara with their cousins Ryan and Kyler eating brunch on their new table and chairs


We had a great Christmas complete with Christmas Eve lunch with Cam's family at Olive Garden, Christmas Eve Dinner/Matt birthday dinner/nativity at my mom and dad's, Christmas Day brunch at our house and more Christmas day fun at Cameron's mom's.

The kids were very much into Santa this year. Colby wanted to sleep downstairs soooooo bad so he could catch Santa in the act and Kara was set on sleeping in the kitchen since she thought that would be the best hide-out. We finally convinced them that Santa wouldn't come if he thought he might get caught by little ones still awake in the middle of the night.

As expected, Ty was delighted with all the wrapping paper he could possibly imagine and Colby and Kara have decided that Santa is silly because he mixed up all the stockings, (oops-maybe I should label our stockings to help him out) and because his elves built Kara's underwear, that was in her stocking, too big.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Resolution

Happy 2010!!

This is the year...
Cameron and I will be married for 10 years!

This is the year...
My Kara started primary and actually went without hanging on my leg

This is the year...
My baby will turn one

This is the year...
My oldest will be turned over completely to the public school system. Yikes.

This is the year...
I will attempt (I'm using the word attempt just incase this one doesn't happen) to begin compiling my kid's "histories."  I didn't say the word scrapbooking since that word makes my skin crawl.

This is the year...
I'm giong to remember people's birthdays (as best I can. I know-this is a lofty one)

This is the year...
My kids will learn the meaning of service

This is the year...
I spend less time on the computer and more time with my little ones

This is the year...
We continue to budget and begin paying off the house

This is the year...
My perspective will be a little different than last year.

I have a good feeling about 2010.

Addendum:
This is the year I'm going to try really really really hard to go to bed by 11:00 and get up by 7:00. I am so hesitant to put this goal in writing since this will be, by far, the most challenging thing for myself.  Oh how I love my quiet time at night and oh how I love to stay in bed until the last possible moment. I don't like making goals that are nearly impossible, but the time has come. It must be done.  I think.  Well maybe it can wait. No. Must start waking up earlier now. It's official. Goal is on. Tonight. I know what you must be thinking. 7:00 is a cinch.  Not for me. Waking up is something I've struggled with my whole life and is no easy task. Anybody else have this problem? Anybody else have this problem and made a permanent change? I bet I'd get out of bed to the smell of fresh cinnamon rolls every morning or perhaps peach crepes. Yes. That would get me up. I once woke up at 3:30 or 4:00 am so that I could partake of the delicious breakfast buffet at my hotel in New Orleans before catching my flight home.